Advancing Holonic Trust Research
Explore innovative solutions for trust verification and governance.
Advancing Holonic Trust Research
Explore innovative solutions for trust verification and governance.
The Proof of Holonic Trust Framework Research Foundation
Research & Publications
This section provides canonical references to research, technical papers, and supporting materials related to the Proof of Holonic Trust (PoHT) framework.
Core Research
The Mathematics of Holonic Trust — Chris Prinsloo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17927992
Trust as a Verifiable System Primitive — Chris Prinsloo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17918731
Annex A: Technical and Mathematical Foundations — Chris Prinsloo
Zenodo technical note (DOI assigned upon release)
Specifications & Reference Materials
PoHT Technical Architecture Specification (RC1)
Canonical reference held by PoHT.org (public release phased)
PoHT Governance & Stewardship Charter
Canonical reference held by PoHT.org
Validation & Testnet Materials
PoHT Simulation & Validation Framework
Reference implementation (repository link released in phase)
Trust Benchmark Dataset (TBD-01)
Validation dataset (Zenodo release pending)
Research & Publications
This section provides canonical references to research, technical papers, and supporting materials related to the Proof of Holonic Trust (PoHT) framework.
Core Research
The Mathematics of Holonic Trust — Chris Prinsloo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17927992
Trust as a Verifiable System Primitive — Chris Prinsloo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17918731
Annex A: Technical and Mathematical Foundations — Chris Prinsloo
Zenodo technical note (DOI assigned upon release)
Specifications & Reference Materials
PoHT Technical Architecture Specification (RC1)
Canonical reference held by PoHT.org (public release phased)
PoHT Governance & Stewardship Charter
Canonical reference held by PoHT.org
Validation & Testnet Materials
PoHT Simulation & Validation Framework
Reference implementation (repository link released in phase)
Trust Benchmark Dataset (TBD-01)
Validation dataset (Zenodo release pending)
For Regulators
Supervisory Overview
Regulatory Overview: Proof of Holonic Trust (PoHT)
Purpose and Context
Proof of Holonic Trust (PoHT) is a research-driven framework that addresses a recurring challenge in digital and institutional systems: how trust can be observed, reasoned about, and verified across complex, multi-party environments without relying on single authorities, static scores, or opaque decision logic.
PoHT does not replace regulatory judgment, legal accountability, or institutional governance. Instead, it provides a structured way to model trust as an observable system property, supporting transparency, auditability, and reproducibility in environments where trust signals are fragmented or implicit.
What PoHT Does
PoHT defines a formal approach to:
Representing trust-relevant interactions as verifiable events
Observing how trust evolves over time based on evidence and governance constraints
Distinguishing absence of evidence from negative trust
Supporting independent validation and audit without centralized control
The framework is designed to be implementation-agnostic and jurisdiction-neutral, allowing regulators and institutions to evaluate it conceptually without adopting specific technologies or vendors.
What PoHT Is Not
PoHT:
Is not a scoring system or social credit mechanism
Is not an identity system or KYC solution
Does not automate regulatory decisions or enforcement
Does not prescribe policy, law, or compliance outcomes
Any use of PoHT-derived signals remains subject to existing legal, supervisory, and governance frameworks.
Relevance to Regulatory and Supervisory Domains
PoHT may be relevant in contexts where regulators are examining:
Cross-institutional trust and interoperability
Auditability of automated or AI-assisted decision systems
Transparency in distributed financial or data infrastructures
Governance of emerging digital trust mechanisms
The framework is explicitly designed to support explainability, traceability, and post-hoc review, aligning with supervisory expectations rather than bypassing them.
Maturity and Status
PoHT is currently defined at the level of formal research, specifications, and validation models.
Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is complete and frozen
All materials are published as independent research outputs
No operational mandates or production systems are implied
Further engagement with regulators, standards bodies, and academic institutions is intended to be dialogue-based and exploratory.
Engagement Approach
PoHT is stewarded as a public-interest framework.
Regulatory engagement is expected to occur through:
Academic review and citation
Standards and working-group dialogue
Voluntary evaluation and commentary
No adoption, endorsement, or implementation is assumed or requested.
Contact
For reference inquiries related to published materials or framework clarification:
standards@poht.org
